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Bulugh al-Maram 1431b

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وَعَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ, عَنْ أَبِيهِ, عَنْ جَدِّهِ, عَنْ اَلنَّبِيِّ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-{ قَالَ:

" اَلْمُكَاتَبُ عَبْدٌ مَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ دِرْهَمٌ"

'Amro bin Shu’aib narrated on the authority of his father, on the authority of his grandfather (RAA), That the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:

“A slave who entered into an agreement to buy his freedom is still a slave as long as a Dirham of the agreed price remains to be paid.” Related by Abu Dawud with a good chain of narrators. The full hadith is related by Ahmad and the three Imams. Al-Hakim graded it to be Sahih.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 3926). Cited in Bulugh al-Maram (No. 1431b).

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An explanation exists for another version of this hadith: Mishkat al-Masabih 3399

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Grades of other versions (12)
  • Good (hasan)Al-Albani حسن — صحيح أبي داود (3926)
  • Good chain (hasan)Al-Albani إسناده حسن — هداية الرواة (3333)
  • Good chain (hasan)Shu'ayb al-Arna'ut إسناده حسن — تخريج سنن أبي داود (3926)
  • Abu Dawud سكت عنه [وقد قال في رسالته لأهل مكة كل ما سكت عنه فهو صالح — سنن أبي داود (3926)
  • Good chain (hasan)Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani إسناده حسن — بلوغ المرام (427)
  • Good (hasan)Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani حسن كما قال في المقدمة — هداية الرواة (3/355)
  • Al-Mundhiri فيه] إسماعيل بن عياش، وفيه مقال — مختصر سنن أبي داود (2/619)
  • Al-Shawkani من رواية إسماعيل بن عياش وفيه مقال وفي إسناده أيضا عطاء الخراساني عن عمرو بن شعيب ولم يسمع عنه — نيل الأوطار (6/217)
  • Ibn Baz جيد ولا بأس به — مجموع الشروح الفقهية. (124/30)
  • Al-San'ani روي من طرق كلها لا تخلو عن مقال إلا أنه أيدته آثار سلفية عن الصحابة — سبل السلام (4/224)
  • صدر الدين المناوي يرويه] عمرو بن شعيب عن أبيه عن جده [وفي هذه الرواية] كلام وفيه أيضا إسماعيل بن عياش — كشف المناهج والتناقيح (3/144)
  • Authenticمحمد جار الله الصعدي صحيح — النوافح العطرة (338)

Other versions

Good (hasan) Mishkat al-Masabih 3399

A slave who has entered into an agreement to purchase his freedom remains a slave as long as a dirham of the agreed price remains to be paid

‘Amr ibn Shu‘ayb reported from his father from his grandfather that the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) said: "A slave who has entered into an agreement to purchase his freedom remains a slave as long as a dirham of the agreed price remains to be paid."

وَعَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «الْمُكَاتَبُ عَبْدٌ مَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ مُكَاتبَته دِرْهَم» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُد

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Also reported by… (7)
  • أحكام القرآن الكريم للطحاوي (1577)الْمُكَاتَبُ عَبْدٌ مَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ كِتَابَتِهِ دِرْهَمٌ
  • أحكام القرآن للجصاص (598)المكاتب عبد ما بقي عليه من مكاتبته درهم
  • الاستذكار (870)المكاتب عبد ما بقي عليه درهم
  • السنن الصغير للبيهقي (1969)الْمُكَاتَبُ عَبْدٌ مَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ دِرْهَمٌ
  • السنن الكبرى للبيهقي (19919)الْمُكَاتَبُ عَبْدٌ مَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ مُكَاتَبَتِهِ دِرْهَمٌ
  • شرح معاني الآثار للطحاوي (3038)الْمُكَاتَبُ عَبْدٌ ، مَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ كِتَابَتِهِ دِرْهَمٌ
  • مسند الشاميين للطبراني (1364)الْمُكَاتَبُ عَبْدٌ مَا بَقِيَ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ كِتَابَتِهِ دِرْهَمٌ

On the same subject

Not graded Bulugh al-Maram 1433

“The Diyah (Blood money) of a slave who had made an agreement to buy his freedom (Mukatib) and had been killed, is paid at the rate paid for a free man (as a Diyah) as much as he has paid of the amount agreed upon, and at the rate paid for a slave as the remainder is concerned.” Related by Ahmad…

وَعَنْ اِبْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ‏-رَضِيَ اَللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا‏- أَنَّ اَلنَّبِيَّ ‏- صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏-قَالَ: { يُودَى اَلْمُكَاتَبُ بِقَدْرِ مَا عَتَقَ مِنْهُ دِيَةَ اَلْحُرِّ, وَبِقَدْرِ مَا رَقَّ مِنْهُ دِيَةَ اَلْعَبْدِ }…

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās + 3 other versions

Not graded Mishkat al-Masabih 3402

Ibn ‘Abbas reported the Prophet as saying, “When a slave who has made an agreement to purchase his freedom gets blood-money or an inheritance, he can inherit in accordance with the extent to which he has been emancipated.” In a version by Tirmidhi he said, “Blood wit is paid for a slave who has…

وَعَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِذَا أَصَابَ الْمُكَاتَبُ حَدًّا أَوْ مِيرَاثًا وَرِثَ بِحِسَابِ مَا عَتَقَ مِنْهُ» . رَوَاهُ أَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالتِّرْمِذِيُّ وَفِي…

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās + 6 other versions

Authentic Sunan Abu Dawud 4582

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: When a mukatab (a slave who has made an agreement to purchase his freedom) gifts blood-money or an inheritance, he can inherit in accordance with the extent to which he has been emancipated. Abu Dawud said: Wuhaib transmitted it from Ayyub, from 'Ikrimah, on the authority of…

إِذَا أَصَابَ الْمُكَاتَبُ حَدًّا أَوْ وَرِثَ مِيرَاثًا يَرِثُ عَلَى قَدْرِ مَا عَتَقَ مِنْهُ ‏"

Authentic Sunan an-Nasa'i 4811

"The Mukatab is free to the extent that the has paid off (toward buying his freedom); he Hadd punishment should be carried out on him proportionate to the amount he has paid off (toward buying his freedom); and he inherits proportionate to the amount he has paid off (toward buying his freedom)."

"‏ الْمُكَاتَبُ يَعْتِقُ بِقَدْرِ مَا أَدَّى وَيُقَامُ عَلَيْهِ الْحَدُّ بِقَدْرِ مَا عَتَقَ مِنْهُ وَيَرِثُ بِقَدْرِ مَا عَتَقَ مِنْهُ ‏"

Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās

Good (hasan) Sunan Abu Dawud 3927

On his father's authority, told that his grandfather reported the Prophet (ﷺ) said: If any slave entered into an agreement to buy his freedom for one hundred uqiyahs and he pays them all but ten, he remains a slave (until he pays the remaining ten); and if a slave entered into an agreement to…

أَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ كَاتَبَ عَلَى مِائَةِ أُوقِيَّةٍ فَأَدَّاهَا إِلاَّ عَشْرَةَ أَوَاقٍ فَهُوَ عَبْدٌ وَأَيُّمَا عَبْدٍ كَاتَبَ عَلَى مِائَةِ دِينَارٍ فَأَدَّاهَا إِلاَّ عَشْرَةَ دَنَانِيرَ فَهُوَ عَبْدٌ ‏"

Narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr + 1 other version

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